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Western Media and the European "Other": Images of Albania in the British Press in the New Millennium 西方媒体与欧洲“他者”:新千年英国媒体中的阿尔巴尼亚形象

LIT: Post-Colonial Culture (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-09-29 DOI: 10.4324/9781351311885-9

Gëzim Alpion

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Deconstructing the Discourses on Manipuri Women 解构关于曼尼普尔妇女的话语

LIT: Post-Colonial Culture (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2954972

Ratna Huirem

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Chinese Migrants and the 'Inundation' Metaphor 中国移民与“淹没”隐喻

LIT: Post-Colonial Culture (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1013961

Gregory B. Lee

引用次数: 2